Ohio governor signs bill to protect women, girls' privacy at school

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Sara Beth Nolan regarding Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s signing Tuesday of SB 104, a bill that protects women and girls’ privacy at school based on the biological differences between males and females:

“States have a duty to protect the privacy, safety, and dignity of women and young girls. Yet certain advocacy organizations—and the Biden-Harris administration through its Title IX rule change—are demanding that states devalue women by eliminating longstanding, distinct private spaces for males and females. Allowing males into women and girls’ locker rooms and bathrooms is an invasion of privacy and can even be a threat to their safety. We commend Ohio Rep. Beth Lear, Rep. Adam Bird, and all those in the legislature who supported this critical bill, and Gov. DeWine for signing it into law. We also thank the Center for Christian Virtue for its monumental work on this effort. Protecting women and girls from inappropriate exposure to the opposite sex is not only respectful and legal but also an important duty of the officials in charge of watching over their well-being.”

Alliance Defending Freedom is an alliance-building, non-profit legal organization committed to protecting religious freedom, free speech, parental rights, and the sanctity of life.

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